Media Club: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind; Roots of the Forest and of the Studio

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Started writing a manga because the studio would not pick up the movie without one

Showing the foundation or roots of Ghibli

The music choices did not feel Ghibli

Sound/music as a hallmark of a studio as much as a storytelling or animation style

Fridge thought or not to fridge thought, that is the question

To quote Aesop Rock in the music video intro to the musical classic Breakdance Beach, "Man, nature's stupid."

Comparing the film to Dark Souls and Bloodborne

Just adapting

Was the forest toxic or was the outside world?

Having to make the Ohm eyes' red to make them look mean

Well thought or constructed colour palette

Timeless feeling of Ghibli films

Comparing the style to The Secret of Nimh

Are time crunches responsible for poor animation in filler arcs

Naruto animation staff should have had more time off to maintain quality

Comparing the breaks in The Breaker compared to Berserk

Visual worldbuilding versus visual storytelling

Was the warrior biopunk? Were Evangelions the warrior?

Shinji is a little D-wad

Why won't you let me do backflips in my giant robot?

Obvious foreshadowing

The scarecrow was the prince the entire time

Does Drew hate on Ghibli films too much?

Nausicaa is to Yoshiko as San is to Lady Eboshi

Descendants from a warrior culture

When a lack of a romance plot improves the film

Lady Eboshi is real good

The parallels of Nausicaa and Princess Mononoke

How 3 cultures fight the inhospitable world

Counting Ohm eyes

Bringing the message but leaving the soapbox at home

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I get it, it's a filler arc and you needed to save a little bit of money... but did you need to save that much money?

Media Club: The Room With Ashley Good and When the Podcast Is More on Track Than the Film

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Not on our A-Game

Ashley confesses she's not friends with Beardy and the Beast )_:

Ashley's questionable life decisions

Devon's obsession with the Twilight series

Was this a brilliant movie exploring American movie tropes through the lens of a non-English speaking immigrant

Deconstructing tropes with Tommy Wiseau

Film's length and artificial scene extensions

Intentional campiness or mimicking bad media?

Six Million Dollar Man

Is Tommy Wiseau The Tick?

Best worst movie you'll ever see

Subjectively not as bad as The Core or Highlander End Game

Why was this film made? Money laundering? Murder Alibi? Hooking up with co-star?

Ashley doesn't know what green is

The Spoon Mafia connection

Drew and Devon can be bought off

Spoon or Superman, not much of a difference

Characters having been written from one perspective and do not have unique cadences or flows

Denny was totally into Johnny and not Lisa

Lack of Character consistency

Characters were not believable nor consistent

I like this song, girls are stupid, spooderman

Seriously, what's up with that Salt Spring Island ferry terminal coffee shop?

Constructing a rooftop set instead of using a real and available rooftop location

Did The Room or Justin Timberlake's Cry Me A River music video have a larger budget

Staying true to your own artistic vision

Is Tommy actually Squall Leonhart?

The Room play a la Rocky Horror Picture Show would be awesome

Leaning into negative reviews

Having a billboard for the room for 10 years

I'm not old, you're old

Would The Room be as successful now as it was when it originally released?

#NeverTheWiseauCut

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I wish I believed in myself as much as Tommy Wiseau believes in himself

Belle and the Girl Who Was Searching for Self

Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime

Join us as we discuss topics such as:

Music in our hearts that were the friends we made along the way

Paying homage to Beauty and the Beast and not a recreation or reimagining

References to Beauty and the Beast such as references to Chip, Belle's cloak and the amazing ballroom scene

Red herrings for someone in the cotarie being Dragon

Romance plotlines were backburner

Suzu didn't return Kei's confession of love

Did Belle and Dragon actually have a romance storyline?

Story about a girl finding herself

Learning to move on from her mother's death and finding her voice

Suzu having so much support even though she felt like she was completely alone

Everyone knew she was Belle

Comparing Belle/Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime to Beauty and the Beast

Comparing Belle to the typical Disney Princess film

Belle comparable to Esmerelda in Hunchback of Notre Dame in the complexity of the situation and world

Drew explodes in unhinged angry rant about cellshading because he's super intolerant about animation techniques

Themes in the film well represented in the music

Discussing what makes a character strong

Making everybody weak does not make someone else strong

Drew is a captive audience. Drew is a captive. Blink blink.

Is Studio Chizu the new Studio Ghibli?

Ghibli vibes from the landscapes

Chizu and Ghibli don't treat characters an identity, each are flushed out and unique

Magical girl transformation directly into Full Metal Alchemist gate scene both endearing and offputting

Why do they spend 10 minutes talking about canoes and kayaks?

Accurate representation of social media anxiety

Digimon, Digital Monsters?

Freckles are top-notch

Kaho Nakamura's beautiful voice

What about the film pulled an emotional resonance with Drew where others could not?

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My boy Shinjiro doesn't know what a canoe is

The Second Wall - Squid Game - Part 9: You saw that didn't you? You saw that you lost.

Join us as we discuss topics such as:

Who just lost the game?

Overall feelings on the show

218 sucks, even more so we didn't get a real dive into his backstory #stolentest

Mixed messages in the themeing

Fight choreography and how to make the hits impactful raw, and desperate

VIPs - Very ignorable

Recap of predictions

456 wins the game, but lost everything too much?

You don't need sappy music to know a scene is supposed to be sad

Buffy and how impactful no music can be

The acting and cinematography is top notch over all

Drew and Devon are dissatisfied

Message over story, and the issues that come from that

Plot holes like pot holes, need to be filled

The show is in limbo. Not really a good ending, but not a good setup for a second season

Seriously check out Liar's Game (the manga)

Is trust and innate goodness really the "theme" of the show?

The 001/456 conversation would be better if it was with 218

Executive Meddling speculation?

Does Netflix set out to ruin shows with messaging?

Did these people really have a "Choice" when coming back to play the game?

Why were there no consequences to the people who didn't choose to come back?

Structural issues with the show over all and how it works against itself

But Handsome cop tho

Poorly framed questions not poor answers

456 going "back into the game" killed his being a good father

Get on the damn plane Shinji

Squid Game excels at framing characterization

Dev gets stuck on his ending rewrite

Would bingeing have hindered or helped the show

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It's not that our predictions were wrong, it's that the film was wrong

The Second Wall - Squid Game - Part 8: That isn't you, you're a good person at heart

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218 isn't a good person

218's character progression

218 Even more antagonest than Drew expected

The predicatbility of the series

Glad this wasn't a flashback episode

067's shanking and what are the rules of the game?

When is it okay for the contestants to kill each other?

Top notch acting with our contestants

Oh look Black mask was the brother! What a twist

Drew wants to be wrong

No VIPs cause the elites just ruin everything

Dev and Drew struggle to pronounce words

Just stop the game already

Dev and his pesky morals

Handsome cop's cell phone is top tier where can we get one?

The island can't be far from civilization

218 or 456? who is our victor?

Tin Foil hat time: Is 456 and 001 related?

Can we get some red herrings?

199 was nice and 240 was bae

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Lol Plot holes cause there's tons

The Second Wall - Squid Game - Part 7: You just had to kill the ones you were closest to

Join us as we discuss topics such as:

A resolution to the couple from the marble game

Expressing a complex issue in just a few frames

101 and 212 A fitting way to go

The motivations of the last guy to die

456 - supersmart or forgetful?

The value of a marble

218 no surprises, still a dick

So many issues with this game

- Potentially unwinnable (who needs a game 6 anyway)

- Changing the rules

- I thought these were all supposed to be fair

10 minutes of us trying to fix the game

How to kill tension half way through the story

Why would the VIPs want everyone dead when the are betting for people to survive?

The show is starting to fall apart

Forced messaging?

The VIPs only use was showing how handsome Handsome Cop is

The aesthetics of the VIP lounge

Awful English from the "English" VIPs and how to take you out of the scene

Spending time with the VIPS, or how not to use time efficiently

The Purge films and how they show the Elites

Having Handsome Cop learn about the background of the games, but not the audience is cheapening the story

001 Clearly the architect

Short 1 season shows need to have tight writing, there is little room for error

218 as a character is really well done

Dev tangents on current media and bad storytelling

We sure hope the next 2 episodes are perfectly executed

#BringBack199

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It's offensive to us how that guy drank scotch

Media Club: Sicario and Understanding the Rules of Engagement

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Beautiful vistas and wonderful pan shots

Contrasting of dark and dank scenes versus beautiful sprawling shots

Choosing interesting B roll shots instead of obvious choices

No artificial ramp-ups and expressing tension well

Understanding the rules of engagement

Pretty sure Dev is Ladida at heart

Half-formed concepts

Three protagonists or three amigos?

Hunnid bands hunnid bands hunnid bands

Breaking a person like breaking a horse

Whisper of Vanilla is the perfect amount of Vanilla

Strong female protagonists

Ruining strong characters with bad writing

Kate is my favourite Dredd

#NetflixStopMakingLiveActionRemakesOfCartoons

Acting that makes you forget previous roles

Emily Blunt's on point acting

Being unconcerned about collateral damage

Drew hasn't seen Arrival... does he even watch NA Movies?

Worrisome sequels

Fast and the Furious 9 is the greatest movie of all time

Action creep in media

Using silence effectively

Queen of the Damned sound track is so good!

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Go with the shadow or go full Wayne's World

The Second Wall - Squid Game - Part 6: Don't tell me you would rather do what they are

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Nothing but game here

No handsome cop

212 and how we didn't see a body

67 and 240 (Bae)

How to show emotions and how to be stoic to survive

67 is full of mystery

People are not in the game just because of debts

Going out your own way and the freedom that comes from that

218 and 199 (Still a saint)

218 shows how sociopathic he can be

Did he steal 456's test scores?

218 was smart, but a dick

199 is overly trusting

218? Was he being kind in the past, or just showing pity?

101 will get eliminated in favour of 218 as the "villain"

101 Shows his cleverness by changing the game

Boy did 101 get lucky

What happened to that couple?

456 and 001 (the feels)

Questioning if we will ever get 001's names

456 clearly shows that he does not like taking advantage of 001's memory issues

001 was always going to let 456 win

001 faking his memory issues

001 is clearly just testing 456

Exploring moral challenges in a character driven episode

Everyone has Darkness in them, and how do people overcome it?

Are the games purely to see the extent that people will go to to survive

001 alive? Still no body (or impact)

Sound design is important

Is 001 the architect?

Would we survive "Marbles"?

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Why are we using their names all of a sudden? I thought they were just numbers

The Second Wall - Squid Game - Part 5: I just wanted to return the favour

Join us as we discuss topics such as:

199 is a saint

Regrounding 218

Drew teaches Korean idioms

Squid Game ignores the core cast

The crew's S tier reactions to Tug of War results

Idea's of legacies keeps poping up

- 001 a legacy for so long that he forgot his name?

- 001 and his 'off' behaviours

456 and his PTSD

How to transition into a flashback

Drew's instant crush on 240

456 puts the fear of god into 101 with just a line

212 still a terrible human being

G29, let the groans begin

001 Missing in the game logs

But why the organ harvesting plot?

How to have all the monitoring and not be able to notice anything

This feels like a different story

#ReleaseTheAngelaCut

What is the brother's identity? Could he be in a different game off island?

Dev and Drew play 20 questions so there is some sort of game in this episode

So much can go wrong from here (story wise)

It doesn't matter, the Detective is handsome

How to highlight all the polt holes

Is this up to the hype?

Everyone should watch Running Man

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How sad are you gonna be if it turns out the masked guy is the brother?

The Second Wall - Squid Game - Part 4: You do it because you don't have anyone else

Join us as we discuss topics such as:

You don't trust people here because you can. You do it because you don't have anyone else.

456 is not a fool

Is 456 wallowing in circumstance?

Does 456 still trust 218?

Will 218 have a redemption arc?

Was 218's SNU attendance from his own abilities?

240 is Drew's style... He loves 240 bae.

212 and 101's relationship and inevitable betrayal

212 will likely be the cause of 101's death

How has Handsome Cop not been caught?

Handsome Cop's story is the loosest

Handsome Police Officer trope in Korean cinema

V for Vendetta levels of monitoring at the facility

Korean show 'The Genius' is a wonderful show, I would appreciate if it would come back for another season, please. Thank you. Sarang Drew

Tug of wars and where to find them

Do the murals on the wall foreshadow the games?

Dang... cliffhanger.

Consideration of the rules stating that you win if you make the other team fall

You should check out the song 'Beretta Lake by Teflon Sega feat. SAINt JHN'. This isn't relevant to the podcast, I've just been listening to it on repeat lately.

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199 is still alive! yes!